Earth and Ashes (2004)

Original title

Khâkestar-o-khâk

Directed by

Atiq Rahimi

Genre

drama film

Country

Afghanistan, France

Runtime

1h 42m

Rating

5.9 of 10 from 11 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

An old man and his young grandson travel across a war-ravaged landscape to reach a coal mine where the boy's father works. The journey forces them to confront the destruction of their village and their family.

bleakslow-burnmelancholicvisually sparsesombermeditativequietly devastatingearthy

What happens

Earth and Ashes (Persian: خاکستر و خاک) is a 2004 Afghan film directed and co-written by Atiq Rahimi, based on his book of the same name which was published in 2000. It was Afghanistan's submission to the 77th Academy Awards for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film but was not nominated. It was also screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2004 Cannes Film Festival. It won the Golden Dhow award at the 2005 Zanzibar International Film Festival. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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